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Rolf Harris and Richard Littlejohn - time for the columnist to apologisehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jul/03/richard-littlejohn-rolf-harris
<p>By coincidence, Richard Littlejohn's weekly column didn't appear on Tuesday, the day that the Daily Mail, in company with every other national newspaper, reported the conviction of Rolf Harris on 12 counts of indecent assault.</p><p>If Littlejohn had been on duty I am sure he would have wished to apologise for views he advanced <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2329902/Drummer-Lee-Rigby-murder-RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Toytown-jihadists-lack-political-willpower.html">in his column in May 2013.</a></p><p>"I wonder if those Met officers swanning round Australia interviewing women who claim to have been touched up by Rolf Harris four decades ago could have been better deployed on anti-terrorist surveillance duties in south London."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jul/03/richard-littlejohn-rolf-harris">Continue reading...</a>MediaRichard LittlejohnRolf HarrisDaily MailCrimeStuart HallMax CliffordJimmy SavileThu, 03 Jul 2014 10:58:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jul/03/richard-littlejohn-rolf-harrisPhotograph: PRRichard Littlejohn: time to apologise over Rolf Harris comments?Photograph: PRRichard Littlejohn: time to apologise over Rolf Harris comments?Roy Greenslade2014-07-03T10:58:00ZFormer Tory MP on 'the giants of journalism' and megalomaniac editorshttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/mar/21/dailymail-mailonsunday
<p>Jerry Hayes, the rent-a-quote Tory MP for Harlow in Essex for 14 years until 1997, has belatedly written about his parliamentary experiences.</p><p>The hype for his book, An unexpected MP: confessions of a political gossip*, describes it as a "no-holds-barred" exposé of parliamentary scandals. It is supposed to be "riotously funny" and "gloriously indiscreet."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/mar/21/dailymail-mailonsunday">Continue reading...</a>MediaDaily MailBooksMail on SundayNews of the WorldThe SunThe PeopleThe GuardianDaily MirrorPress AssociationPoliticsConservativesRichard LittlejohnAlan ClarkFri, 21 Mar 2014 11:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/mar/21/dailymail-mailonsundayRoy Greenslade2014-03-21T11:01:00ZMuslim groups demand apology from Daily Mail over Littlejohn articlehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/feb/21/islam-dailymail
<p>More than 25 British Muslim organisations, in company with interfaith bodies, have signed a letter of complaint to the the Daily Mail's editor, Paul Dacre, about an article by columnist Richard Littlejohn.</p><p>They say that Littlejohn's column on Tuesday, headlined <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2561686/LITTLEJOHN-Jolly-Jihadi-Boys-Outing-Legoland.html">Jolly jihadi boys' outing to Legoland</a>, "deployed hateful Muslim stereotypes" and "used slurs commonly found in racist and far-right websites." <br> <br>His article concerned the hiring of the Legoland theme park in Windsor by an extremist Muslim cleric, Haitham al-Haddad, for a "family fun day" next month. </p><p>"Our condemnation is not about the attacks on Mr Haitham al-Haddad: he is perfectly capable of responding to the accusations put to him if minded to do so. Many of us may well disagree with the views attributed to him. </p><p>Rather, we are speaking out at the insidious and hateful tropes Mr Littlejohn uses for his argument.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/feb/21/islam-dailymail">Continue reading...</a>MediaIslamDaily MailReligionRichard LittlejohnNational newspapersNewspapersFri, 21 Feb 2014 09:01:23 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/feb/21/islam-dailymailRoy Greenslade2014-02-21T09:01:23ZPCC issues guidance to editors on coverage of transgender issueshttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/nov/15/transgender-pcc
<p>The Press Complaints Commission has issued <a href="http://www.pcc.org.uk/advice/editorials-detail.html?article=ODcwOQ==">guidance to editors on the reporting of transgender issues.</a> </p><p>It is aimed at assisting journalists in their coverage of trans people, which has caused controversy in the past year, notably over a column by Julie Burchill <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/jan/17/transgender-protest-observer-offices-burchill">in The Observer in January this year</a> and a column by Richard Littlejohn in the Daily Mail <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-22694847">about a transgender teacher, Lucy Meadows, who took her own life.</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/nov/15/transgender-pcc">Continue reading...</a>MediaTransgenderPress Complaints CommissionNewspapersThe ObserverDaily MailRichard LittlejohnNational newspapersFri, 15 Nov 2013 12:29:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/nov/15/transgender-pccPhotograph: Martin Godwin/GuardianPress Complaints Commission Photograph: Martin GodwinPhotograph: Martin Godwin/GuardianPress Complaints Commission Photograph: Martin GodwinRoy Greenslade2013-11-15T12:29:00ZArrests - is it possible to publish names without mud sticking?https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/may/08/jimmy-savile-police
<p>My column in today's London Evening Standard concerns <a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/business/media/roy-greenslade-treading-a-fine-line-between-privacy-and-the-right-to-know-8607574.html">the difficulty of drawing a line between privacy and the right to know</a> when reporting arrests.</p><p>It was inspired by the revelation that there had been a 12-day gap between Jimmy Tarbuck being arrested by North Yorkshire police and that fact being reported.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/may/08/jimmy-savile-police">Continue reading...</a>MediaJimmy SavilePoliceLawMedia lawRolf HarrisDaily MailDaily Star SundayLondon Evening StandardRichard LittlejohnPrivacy & the mediaPress freedomWed, 08 May 2013 14:02:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/may/08/jimmy-savile-policeRoy Greenslade2013-05-08T14:02:00ZJimmy Tarbuck arrest - why Littlejohn's column makes sensehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/may/07/richard-littlejohn-police
<p>It isn't often I do this, but I do recommend - in the light of the arrests of Jimmy Tarbuck and Nigel Evans MP - the reading of <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2320389/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Arrest--ask-questions-later-How-dawn-raids-ransacking-houses-standard-operating-procedure.html">today's Richard Littlejohn column in the Daily Mail.</a></p><p>His nuanced argument illustrates the dilemma faced by editors, journalists, police, judges and lawyers in deciding whether the identities of arrested people should be published.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/may/07/richard-littlejohn-police">Continue reading...</a>MediaRichard LittlejohnPoliceLawMedia lawDaily MailLondon Evening StandardTue, 07 May 2013 12:04:26 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/may/07/richard-littlejohn-policeRoy Greenslade2013-05-07T12:04:26ZDaily Mail urged to fire Richard Littlejohn after death of Lucy Meadowshttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/mar/22/richard-littlejohn-transgender
<p>Let me begin this posting by urging that people do not rush to judgment. I say that because the unfolding of this story is likely to be stimulate prejudice on either side. My aim here is simply to set out the facts.</p><p>It concerns a woman's death in circumstances that are not yet definitively clear and a controversial column in the Daily Mail. </p><p>"The school shouldn't be allowed to elevate its 'commitment to diversity and equality' above its duty of care to its pupils and their parents.</p><p>It should be protecting pupils from some of the more, er, challenging realities of adult life, not forcing them down their throats.</p><p>"Nathan Upton is entitled to his gender reassignment surgery, but he isn't entitled to project his personal problems on to impressionable young children.</p><p>By insisting on returning to St Mary Magdalen's, he is putting his own selfish needs ahead of the well-being of the children he has taught for the past few years.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/mar/22/richard-littlejohn-transgender">Continue reading...</a>MediaRichard LittlejohnTransgenderDaily MailEducationUK newsAnglicanismFri, 22 Mar 2013 12:17:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/mar/22/richard-littlejohn-transgenderPhotograph: PRRichard Littlejohn's column has now been taken down from the Mail's website.Photograph: PRRichard Littlejohn's column has now been taken down from the Mail's website.Roy Greenslade2013-03-22T12:17:00ZLittlejohn has a right to be obnoxioushttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/dec/15/dailymail-pcc
<p>I see from <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/outrage-at-littlejohns-disabled-rant-2160618.html">a story in today's <strong>Independent</strong></a> that the <strong>Press Complaints Commission</strong> received more than 500 complaints about an article by <strong>Richard Littlejohn.</strong></p><p>This has prompted the PCC to contact <strong>Jody McIntyre</strong>, a disabled man who claims he was badly treated during the tuition fees protests, to ask whether he wishes to make a formal complaint about <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1338336/Stockholm-suicide-bomber-Why-Luton-training-ground.html"> Littlejohn's <strong>Daily Mail</strong> column.</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/dec/15/dailymail-pcc">Continue reading...</a>MediaDaily MailPress Complaints CommissionTuition feesStudentsTwitterDisabilityRichard LittlejohnWed, 15 Dec 2010 08:38:13 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/dec/15/dailymail-pccRoy Greenslade2010-12-15T08:38:13ZLittlejohn savaged by Ashdown: not many hurthttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2007/apr/30/littlejohnsavagedbyashdown
<p>Here's <strong>Richard Littlejohn</strong> speaking on Radio 4's <strong>Andrew Marr</strong> programme half an hour ago: "<strong>The Sun</strong> is an establishment paper... Newspapers that get into bed with government are compromised in some ways." He was promoting his book <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Littlejohns-Britain-Richard-Littlejohn/dp/0091795680"><em>Littlejohn's Britain</em></a> which is a compilation of his old <strong>Sun</strong> and more recent new <strong>Daily Mail</strong> columns. He was surprisingly uncontroversial and won't have been at all put out by <strong>Paddy Ashdown's</strong> observation: "I hate <strong>Richard Littlejohn</strong>, I hate the <strong>Daily Mail</strong>... and I hate the way his columns make me laugh." Praise with faint damns.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2007/apr/30/littlejohnsavagedbyashdown">Continue reading...</a>Newspapers & magazinesMediaUK newsWorld newsLord AshdownRichard LittlejohnMon, 30 Apr 2007 09:00:22 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2007/apr/30/littlejohnsavagedbyashdownRoy Greenslade2007-04-30T09:00:22Z